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Trying to decide between Ohio State and Purdue
TenuousAtBest replied to WhiteLion's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Columbus is a great city and very cheap to live in. There's so many things to do, and it's a very "young" city. I'm sure you'd love it. All things considered, the difference in ranking between OSU and Purdue is negligible. I wouldn't let that affect your choice. -
Lower PhD program vs MS and reapply?
TenuousAtBest replied to Stats2015's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Depends on what you want to do. If you're interested in academic jobs, then it's in your best interest to go to a better ranked school. Otherwise, I'd say take your funded PhD offer, and enjoy your grad experience ~$20,000 richer and with no debt. I really think your best option in to strengthen your profile and reapply if you're really concerned about the schools you got into. How sure are you that you'll be able to transition to PhD? If the GRE is keeping you out, then you'll have the same problem when you need to reapply. -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Did you ask about funding? Some programs offer TA positions to MS students. -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Congratulations! How many years is the fellowship? I think you're interpreting rankings too literally, they're more like clusters. Plus or minus a few positions doesn't really mean much. No one is going to look at your degree and worry about 5 points on the US news ranking. A&M and Purdue are very comparable schools. -
Camus Visit...what's going to happen!?
TenuousAtBest replied to Carrot123's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
You already got accepted, unofficially or otherwise. It's their time to impress you. You'll probably spend a lot of time talking with faculty and grad students. It should be very informal with minimal stress. -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Penn State and Texas A&M have fairly intensive online masters programs. I know A&M's has largely the same coursework as the in-person degree. Maybe it's not exactly what you want to do, but it seems like a solid alternative if you can't attend a PhD program in New Jersey. -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
No rejection for me either. I've not very hopeful at this point, but who knows? -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
I've seen quite a few Michigan acceptances on the results page. Are this all for biostats or has anyone been accepted to the statistics phd? -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Me too. Their teaching load is lighter than other universities I've heard from. He suggested a research group that he thought I'd really like. I wasn't seriously considering PSU until today, but my impression of the department really changed. -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Definitely too early! Given the gaps between acceptances and the fact that they're doing such personalized emails, I think it's reasonable to expect more admissions in the next few days. -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Me too. No good ideas yet. Let me know if you come up with something good! -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Yeah I thought it was really nice. The professor who emailed me wants to talk to me about the department over the phone. -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
I got an unofficial admission offer to Penn State today. -
What are your plans post-PhD? If they're not academic, the caliber of your school really won't matter. Maybe the higher ranked schools will have better career connections, but the difference isn't as pronounced as if you were hoping to get a postdoc or a professorship. For me, I don't think the debt and the extra time is worth taking on the MS degree. On the other hand, if hope to be a professor, you'll need to get into a higher ranked program than 70. It's a tough pill to swallow, but it's unfortunately true in the current market. If you're taking this rout, I think you'll have to do a MS program and really knock it out of the park ( great grades, LOR, research, ect.) Best of luck.
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
I see two that came out today. It's too early to worry. -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Yep. I didn't want to miss my Thursday class so I'm getting in late on the 19th. I got lucky; My return flight takes off around 10AM. I'd do it. If you don't go to A&M, it's probably the only time you'll ever be in CS. Besides, the best way to spend a flight is asleep. -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Yes, that was me! I retook it after months of studying and got 1 point higher on the Quant and 7 points lower on the Verbal. I'll never understand that stupid test. It hasn't hurt me so far! I asked all my letter writers say the score didn't represent my abilities so I'm thinking that helped a lot. I applied more conservatively that I would have had I gotten a higher score, and I'm starting to regret that. By the way, are you going to the A&M recruitment day later this month? -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
I applied to that and the regular Statistics PhD. There's faculty doing some really cool work with casual inference that I'd love to work with if I wasn't accepted to ML program. -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Well that's something at least. I haven't received a rejection yet so I'm staying hopeful. Best of luck to everyone waiting. -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
So no one has been accepted yet? Just rejections? -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
What does everything think? Will any school send out acceptances/rejections before the end of the day? -
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TenuousAtBest replied to CommonerCoffee's topic in Mathematics and Statistics
Same situation. I've been accepted to A&M and Ohio State. I'm really hoping to hear back from Michigan soon. It's also my first choice. Some info from CMU would be nice too,